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Md. House panels approve gun control bill
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers on two panels voted Friday night to advance a gun-control measure that is a top priority of Gov. Martin O’Malley‘s legislative agenda, making some changes but […]
Administration lobbies for gun control bill
Gov. Martin O'Malley and Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown are imploring voters to call their delegates to urge approval of legislation that contains what would be some of the nation's toughest gun laws.
After 11-hour marathon in Senate, gun bill’s core remains intact
The state Senate has given preliminary approval to gun control legislation that would force future handgun owners to obtain a license and tightens restrictions on the mentally ill's access to firearms.
Rep. Harris to host town hall on gun issues
OCEAN CITY — Maryland Rep. Andy Harris has scheduled a town hall this weekend to talk about Second Amendment rights and gun-safety issues. The Republican congressman’s office said Tuesday the […]
Gun control, offshore wind energy headline O’Malley’s legislative agenda
Gov. Martin O’Malley said Friday that altering Maryland’s gun policies would be his top priority in a legislative agenda that also includes guaranteeing a market for developers of offshore wind energy, creating special procurement rules for public-private partnerships and repealing the death penalty.
14 AGs oppose Maryland appeal of gun-permit ruling
The attorneys general of Virginia and 13 other states have filed an amicus brief urging the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to affirm the ruling of a federal judge […]
4th Circuit reinstates law on concealed-carry permits
An appellate court has stopped the clock from ticking on a federal judge’s order that gave Maryland two weeks to change the rules for obtaining a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
Opinions – 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals: 1/23/12
Administrative Law Supplemental Security Income BOTTOM LINE: Although intelligence testing examiner testified that Social Security disability claimant was functioning in the mild level of mental retardation, there existed substantial evidence […]
Top 5 law stories of the year
A half-million-dollar verdict from January was the most-viewed legal affairs story on The Daily Record’s website in 2011. Readers also flocked to stories about the legal troubles surrounding the Baltimore […]
D.C. ordered to pay $1M in historic gun case
WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia has been ordered to pay more than $1 million in attorneys’ fees as a result of a historic gun case that was ultimately decided […]
Editorial Advisory Board: To protect and serve, but please don’t observe?
Let us start out with the premise that all citizens have the right to shoot. No, this is not another Second Amendment debate. Rather, this conversation centers on a citizen’s […]
D.C. gun restrictions upheld on appeal
WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia can bar residents from owning assault weapons and require them to register their handguns without violating the Second Amendment, but the district must explain […]
